Full Details Available and Submit Proposals Online: www.nwsaconference.orgConference Dates and Location: June 19-22, 2008 in Cincinnati, OHDeadline to Submit Proposals: November 1, 2007

ABOUT THE CONFERENCEThe National Women's Studies Association leads the field of womenâ€™sstudies in educational and social transformation. Established in 1977,NWSA has more than 2,000 members worldwide. Our annual conferenceregularly draws more than 1,200 attendees and is the only annual meetingin the US exclusively dedicated to showcasing the latest feministscholarship.

THEME: Resisting Hegemonies: Race and Sexual Politics in Nation, Region,EmpireThis Call situates race and sexual politics in relation to nation,region, and empire in recognition of the importance of contemporarypostcolonial and transnational feminist inquiry to such examinations.For example, feminist inquiry can focus on the structural building blocksof empire, namely regional integration projects that support neoliberalglobalization while militarizing borders to keep migrants out. Likewisequeer scholarship helps identify heteronormative policies as methods bywhich exclusionist nationalist and hegemonic imperial projects arecarried out. And putting feminist area studies in conversation withfeminist ethnic/diaspora studies in conversation also enable us to makethe connections necessary to resist empire â€œat homeâ€ and â€œabroad.â€Finally, these foci can also extend to the arena of electoral politics inthis presidential election year, where race and gender issues will play acritical role.

The overall theme of â€œresisting hegemoniesâ€ is broad enough to invitevarious forms of interdisciplinary and disciplinary feminist inquiry aswell as the full array of feminist pedagogical, activist, cultural, andspiritual work.

Possible proposal topics from interdisciplinary or disciplinaryperspectives in contemporary or historical contexts could include but arenot limited to:â€¢ Theorizing race and racism across national boundariesâ€¢ Queering womenâ€™s and gender studiesâ€¢ Regionally specific approaches to feminist activismâ€¢ Women resisting empire through the artsâ€¢ Black feminist thought and politicsâ€¢ Revisiting Collinsâ€™ â€œmatrix of dominationâ€â€¢ The cultural work of empire in popular discoursesâ€¢ Postcolonial sexuality studiesâ€¢ Feminist critiques of militarizationâ€¢ Feminist politics and women in politicsâ€¢ Comparing the political work of feminist counter cultures tofeminist direct actionâ€¢ Anti-racist and anti-homophobic work in womenâ€™s centersâ€¢ From Katrina to Lebanon to Iraq: the politics of displacements,migrations, and movementsâ€¢ Global perspectives on girlhoodâ€¢ Transnational perspectives on transgender identitiesâ€¢ Womenâ€™s movements in/side and outside the lines of imperialisms,fundamentalisms, and terrorismsâ€¢ Empire building and the politics of feminist alliancesâ€¢ Internships, study abroad, and international exchanges in womenâ€™sstudiesâ€¢ Womenâ€™s and gender studies on the academic job marketâ€¢ Transnational consortia of national womenâ€™s studies organizations

NWSA invites all of those interested to submit proposals for panels,papers, workshops, and performances that represent the wide rage of anti-hegemonic scholarship in the US and beyond. The Association alsowelcomes proposals that do not directly address the theme, but arerelevant to womenâ€™s and gender studies today.